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q

or Q

noun pl. Q's, q's

  1. the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet: via Latin from the early Greek koppa, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English words, where it is typically followed by u (except in words borrowed from Arabic), the (kw) of queen or (k) of conquer
  3. a type or impression for q or Q
  4. the seventeenth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of q or Q
  2. seventeenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

  1. quart
  2. quarter
  3. quarterly
  4. quarto
  5. query
  6. question
  7. quintal
  8. quire

noun

Electronics the ratio of energy stored to energy lost in a component or substance
often called Q factor

  1. farthing
  2. Quebec
  3. Queen
  4. Chess queen
  5. quetzal

Physics electric charge

See q in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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